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VCU joins schools canceling classes for Hurricane Florence
Virginia Commonwealth University has canceled classes for Thursday through Sunday. The announcement Tuesday night followed an earlier decision to cancel a board of visitors meeting scheduled for Friday.
Hanover, Henrico and Richmond schools closed Friday in anticipation of Hurricane Florence
Schools in Hanover and Henrico counties, along with Richmond Public Schools, will be closed Friday as the Richmond region prepares for Hurricane Florence.
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Mobile Newsroom to visit East End on Monday
Monday is the first day of The Times-Dispatch Mobile Newsroom in Richmond's East End.
Richmonders clean up Clay Abner Park in Maggie Walker's honor
As the rain began to pick up and beat down heavily on the cobbled brick sidewalks, a steady trickle of people hastened into the front room of what was once Richmonder Maggie Walker’s home.
Richmond neighbors: Obituaries for July 14
Read through the obituaries published today in Richmond Times-Dispatch.
Come visit our Mobile Newsroom in the East End
On a humid morning before the Fourth of July holiday, Reynolds Community College Director of Communications Joe Schilling took me on a tour of The Kitchens at Reynolds, the striking glass-and-steel building that overlooks the roundabout at Nine Mile Road and North 25th Street in Richmond’s E…
With turmoil at top of Dems' ballot, key Virginia contests in balance
With President Joe Biden's campaign in turmoil over his age and health after a disastrous debate on June 27, Democrats in Virginia congressional races are counting on local representation to matter most to voters.
Recap: What made news last week across Virginia
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New Virginia state law outlaws popular reading instruction method
A state law that takes effect this fall requires teachers to use evidence-based reading curriculum and bans the use of “three-cueing,” a popular teaching technique that encourages children to guess words based on pictures and context.
Virginia analysts say violence underscores polarized politics
The shots fired at former President Donald Trump during his pre-convention rally in Pennsylvania are a chilling reminder of where the tone of politics has slid, Virginia political scientists said.
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Crime
Police: no charges for officer who shot, killed armed suspect in March
Richmond Police Chief Rick Edwards on Thursday announced that prosecutors would not be charging the officer who fatally shot an armed suspect in Church Hill on March 31.
Powhatan authorities continue search for 'armed and dangerous' suspect
The Powhatan Sheriff's Office said Chazz Lee Gordon, 36, fled from deputies on foot into a wooded area off Cartersville Road while carrying a pistol.
Richmond police: Homicides, shootings, traffic fatalities down in 2024
There were 27 homicides at the midpoint of 2024, a 29% drop from the 38 homicides reported halfway through 2023.
Body found off Interstate 295 in Henrico County
Virginia State Police on Wednesday said officials are working to identify a body found near the Interstate 295 and Virginia State Route 895 interchange in eastern Henrico County.
Politics
Virginia analysts say violence underscores polarized politics
The shots fired at former President Donald Trump during his pre-convention rally in Pennsylvania are a chilling reminder of where the tone of politics has slid, Virginia political scientists said.
Va. politicians condemn violence, urge prayers for Trump and family
The Trump campaign said in a statement that the former president is "fine." A Pennsylvania prosecutor said a shooter is dead and a rally attendee was killed.
Shooting at Trump rally being investigated as assassination attempt, sources say
The shooting at former President Donald Trump’s rally in Pennsylvania is being investigated as an attempted assassination of the former president and presumptive Republican nominee, law enforcement officials say. Two officials spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss the ongoing investigation publication. Trump’s campaign said in a statement that the former president was “fine” after a shooting at his rally in Butler, Pennsylvania. A local prosecutor says the suspected gunman and at least one attendee are dead.
